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Dr. Jimenez was one of over 100 artists whose artwork is featured in eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art at the Chicago Cultural Center. The exhibition was sponsored and organized by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and was free to the public.

The art in the exhibit, all of which was created by orthopaedic surgeons and patients, represented orthopaedic conditions, honored the human body's intrinsic beauty and communicated the wide range of emotions associated with degeneration, injury, healing and triumph over disability. According to the AAOS press release, "eMotion Pictures celebrated both the transformational power of art and modern medicines' success in addressing a wide range of orthopaedic conditions…" Seventeen Chicago-area artists were showcased, along with artists from 27 other states and five countries.

Dr. Jimenez' contribution to the show was a watercolor study of the sagittal section of the pelvis and thigh, done in bold colors and intricate detail "Painting is much like surgery," said Dr. Jimenez. "Both are technical executions of an art form. A well-formed surgical dissection, fracture reduction and fixation is as much an art as putting paint to canvas" The art of IBJI surgeon Dr. Michael Lewis was also showcased in the exhibit.

The Chicago Cultural Center is located 78 East Washington Street in Chicago; the exhibit ran from April 17 through July 20, 2008. For complete information on the eMotion Pictures exhibit, go to http://www.aaos75th.org/gallery/emotion_pictures.htm